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CONTACT: Hallie Tibbetts
hallie.tibbetts@terminus2008.org
http://www.terminus2008.org/wrock

TERMINUS ANNOUNCES WROCK CHICAGO
Special pre-conference event to feature 25 wizard rock bands in concert

CHICAGO, IL — October 1, 2007 — The planning team for Terminus, a five-day Harry Potter conference to be held August 7-11, 2008, has announced a special pre-conference wizard rock concert to be held on Wednesday, August 6, 2007. The event, Wrock Chicago, will take place all day at the Hilton Chicago Hotel, and include twenty-five wizard rock bands performing music inspired by Harry Potter.

The bands–including The Switchblade Kittens, who wrote the first known wizard rock song “Ode to Harry” in 2000–span a range of musical genres, including pop, death metal, jazz, folk, and more. “There’s something for every wizard rock fan,” notes Amy Tenbrink, lead event organizer for Terminus. “We listened to dozens of bands to choose a representative group, and it was tough to narrow it down to the current lineup.”

“While Draco and the Malfoys and the Whomping Willows will perform as part of Terminus’s wizarding talk show, The North Star LIVE!, we didn’t have a way to really feature wizard rock during the conference itself,” Tenbrink said. “We talked with some members of the wizard rock community, and ended up adding an entire optional day of Terminus devoted to the phenomenon. We believe it’s the largest wizard rock show ever!”

Brian Ross of Draco and the Malfoys, who is providing organizational support for the event, added, “It’s a tribute to what these stories mean to our lives that so many people are expressing their love for Harry Potter creatively through music. For all of us to have a venue like Terminus to showcase that for some of the biggest Harry Potter fans in the world is very exciting!”

Special event tickets for Wrock Chicago, which are $20 for the entire day and provide access to all stages, are currently on sale to Terminus attendees only. Current registrants can add the ticket through the “Change My Registration” option at http://www.terminus2008.org/registration/changes/. Unsold tickets will be made available to the public next spring and at the door, if any remain at that time.

Twenty-four bands are presently confirmed for Wrock Chicago on August 6; the final band will be chosen through a contest to be held in February of 2008.

Main stage performances include:
The Switchblade Kittens
Harry and the Potters
Draco and the Malfoys
The Whomping Willows
The Remus Lupins

The event also features:
The Butterbeer Experience
Catchlove
Celestial Warmbottom
The Chocolate Frogs
The Cruciatus Curse
Danny Dementor
Justin Finch-Fletchley & the Sugar Quills
Ginny and the Heartbreakers
Gred and Forge
The Gringotts Girls
The Hermione Crookshanks Experience
The Hinky Punks
Lord Voldi and the Dark Marks
The Moaning Myrtles
The Mudbloods
The Parselmouths
The Quaffle Kids
Snidget
Thomas & Finnigan

Terminus is presented by Narrate Conferences, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to creating dynamic, innovative educational events for adult scholars, students, educators, librarians, professionals, and fans. Narrate Conferences recently presented Phoenix Rising, a five-day Harry Potter conference in New Orleans. For more information on Narrate Conferences, including its past and future events, purpose, and staff, please visit http://www.narrateconferences.org or write to info@narrateconferences.org. For more information about Terminus, please visit <http://www.terminus2008.org> or write to info@terminus2008.org.